The Maine secretary of state's office is investigating after 250 blank election ballots were found in a resident's Amazon order last week, saying misconduct has not been ruled out, while maintaining the safety of the state's election process.

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The incident, in which 250 ballots were reportedly found inside an Amazon box that had been tampered with, has prompted conservatives to call for a federal investigation and for the resignation of Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says a Newburgh woman claims she received 250 blank Maine absentee in an Amazon box on September 30. The package appeared to have been opened and resealed. The state says the ballots were found the same day the town of Ellsworth reported it was missing a shipment of 250 absentee ballots.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is confident law enforcement will ultimately uncover why 250 official ballots were allegedly delivered to a Newburgh home in an Amazon package. She also said the incident underscored that Maine’s processes work and that the state’s elections are safe and secure.

The state's top Democrat says the 'fundamental right to vote is under attack' because of a proposal to adopt Voter ID and increase restrictions on absentee voting.

Bellows has been a target of Republican ire in Maine since she removed President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. Trump appeared on the ballot after the U.S. Supreme Court intervened.

Photos purportedly showing the alleged Amazon package included stacks of ballots next to regular items such as paper plates and a bag of rice.

In-person absentee voting begins Oct. 6 as voters weigh 2 statewide ballot questions and a host of local races.

Maine Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation after hundreds of mail ballots for the November election were mistakenly sent to a woman in an Amazon delivery. House of Representatives Republican Leader "Billy" Bob Faulkingham called the discovery of 250 official Maine election ballots in the shipment to a Newburgh home "beyond alarming" and called law enforcement officials to investigate the incident.

Maine has elections for governor and in two US House districts. Two of these races feature challengers seeking to return to their former offices. Incumbent Democratic Governor Janet Mills faces the governor she succeeded,